Social influence through train bragging – the next big trend?
Post written by Emilie Vrain. Their is growing recognition of the environmental impacts taking a flight can have, and an anti-flying movement in Sweden who go by the name of Flygskam (meaning ‘flying...
View ArticleThe UK is driving away from its’ Net Zero Carbon by 2050 target.
The Science and Technology Select Committee have published a report warning that current rates of car ownership will prevent the UK from meeting its target to be Net Zero Carbon by 2050. The report...
View ArticleLikelihood of using Mobility-as-a-Service: case study Netherlands
A research study by Fioreze et al. (2019) investigated the likelihood of using Mobility-as-a-Service among residents in the Netherlands. The results of the study found how residents would use MaaS out...
View ArticleEnvironmental benefits of shared e-scooters brought into question
In cities across the world, dockless electric scooters are becoming an ever-more common sight. These are often promoted as being an environmentally friendly way on travelling within a city, but this...
View ArticleEnablers and barriers to the development of Mobility-as-a-Service
Currently a multitude of studies are being published on the implementation and development of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS). MaaS is a digital platform which combines different private and public...
View ArticleAirline’s ticket to a fossil-free future?
Post written by Emilie Vrain Image Attribution: Harbour Air seaplane image by Pixabay reproduced under the license Creative Comms CC0. When Canadian airline ‘Harbour Air’ became the first 100% carbon...
View ArticleFour visions of future mobility
What could urban public transport look like in the year 2045? Our future urban transport systems are likely to be influenced by different societal changes (including responding to climate change and...
View Article“Widening transitions”, and participation, at the virtual NEST conference
Laurie Kerr, a SILCI PhD researcher, recently presented at the virtual “NEST” conference (Network of Early Career Researchers in Sustainability Transitions). The theme of this year’s conference was...
View ArticlePreference for Mobility as a Service (MaaS) – using a stated choice experiment
Emma Cassar, a SILCI PhD researcher, presented some of her survey findings at the Behavior, Energy and Climate Change (BECC) conference online in December. The study positions Mobility as a Service in...
View ArticleSILCI PhD Thesis! Emma Cassar’s work on mobility-as-a-service
Congratulations to Emma Cassar whose PhD thesis is now published and available here. Emma’s PhD research investigated the potential for ‘mobility-as-a-service’ to disrupt our car-dependence. She was...
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